About the book: year / The connection was established, as always, unexpectedly. Koshkin stood on the metro platform, the approaching train was slowing down, three seconds ago there was no hint of contact, but the train froze and the doors opened. The first to jump out of the diverging doors sideways was a young man with the predictable if he didn’t make it somewhere in time, then someone would do something terrible to him, and then the passengers walked in a dense group, and Koshkin began to spin around in a silent discord.